Emmett Till and the Mississippi press /

Emmett Till and the Mississippi press /

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Employing never-before-used historical materials, the au-thors of Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press reveal how Mississippi journalists both expressed and shaped public opinion in the aftermath of the 1955 Emmett Till murder. Combing small-circulation weeklies as well as large-circulation dailies...

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Main Author: Houck, Davis W.
Other Authors: Grindy, Matthew A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955 > Death and burial > Press coverage.
1900-1999
African Americans > Crimes against > Press coverage > Mississippi.
Trials (Murder) > Press coverage > Mississippi > Sumner.
African Americans > Civil rights > Press coverage > Mississippi.
Journalism > Political aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Public opinion > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations > Press coverage.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
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